# THE GURKHA WELFARE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1103669
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05098581](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05098581)
- **Registered:** May 10, 2004
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1103669


## Contact

- **Address:** THE GURKHA WELFARE TRUST, PO BOX 2170, 22 QUEEN STREET, SALISBURY
- **Postcode:** SP2 2EX
- **Phone:** 01722 323955
- **Email:** info@gwt.org.uk
- **Website:** www.gwt.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** Objects 4. The Objects are specifically restricted to the following: (1) to relieve either generally or individually Gurkhas and/or their Dependants wherever resident and/or any other persons from time to time residing in Gurkha Community Areas who are, in either case, in conditions of need, hardship or distress; (2) to advance the education of Gurkhas and/or their Dependants wherever resident and/or any other persons from time to time residing in Gurkha Community Areas; (3) to make provision for the medical diagnosis and treatment of Gurkhas and/or their Dependants wherever resident and/or any other persons from time to time residing in Gurkha Community Areas who, in either case, are in need of such diagnosis or treatment and for the prevention of any disease or adverse conditions which may affect any such person; and (4) such other charitable purposes which are in the opinion of the Trustee-Directors connected directly or indirectly with the foregoing purposes as the Trustee-Directors from time to time think fit. Nothing in the Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

**Activities:** The Gurkha Welfare Trust is the leading Gurkha charity. We provide financial, medical and development aid to Gurkha veterans, their families and communities.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
- India
- Nepal
- Scotland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Major General Gerald Mark Strickland DSO MBE** | Chair | Sept. 13, 2024 |
| Ann Levin |  | Dec. 12, 2019 |
| Brigadier Jody Davies MBE |  | Dec. 14, 2023 |
| Colonel David John Robinson |  | Nov. 12, 2021 |
| Dr Alison Jane Everest |  | Dec. 10, 2024 |
| Hemchandra Rai MBE BEM |  | Dec. 10, 2020 |
| John Geoffrey Rupert David |  | Dec. 10, 2020 |
| Patrick Mark Allan Grant |  | Dec. 10, 2020 |
| Ranjani Kearsley |  | April 13, 2023 |
| Stephen Cooper |  | Sept. 11, 2019 |




